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Matt Forde's Political Party

Show 198 - Monica Lennon

Matt Forde's Political Party

The Political Party

News

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Monica Lennon shot to international political fame just a few months ago thanks to her Period Poverty Bill. Thanks to that legislation, Scotland is the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products. Monica tells Matt how she built a political coalition across the party and constitutional divides in Scotland and how she changed the Scottish Government's mind and got them to support her. It's an inspirational tale and shows the difference that individuals can make - even if their party isn't in power. Talking of which, Monica and Matt also discuss the Scottish Labour Leadership election in which Monica is standing and what it means for the future of Labour in Scotland and the UK. Will Scottish Labour break with tradition and conduct a leadership election in a civil and friendly way..? Follow Monica on Twitter: @MonicaLennon7 Order 'Politically Homeless' here: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/2100000262618 Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattforde Email the show: politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com For the latest UK Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus For the latest Scottish Government advice on coronavirus go to: https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/

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0:00.0

News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless.

0:04.8

Too much negativity can trigger our eco-anxiety, leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.

0:10.8

This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change.

0:15.8

Did you know global efforts to repair the ozone layer are on cost to succeed according

0:20.4

to the UN?

0:21.6

Facing out ozone-depleting chemicals will ensure protection from harmful rays across

0:26.6

much of the world by 2040.

0:29.2

If you're feeling impacted by eco-anxiety, EONNEXT have created a range of resources

0:34.4

such as guided meditations.

0:36.6

Just search power up for change in your podcasting app.

0:40.4

As a listener to this podcast, you might often fantasise about your ideal cabinet, who

0:47.6

you'd have as Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor or Home Secretary, but if you

0:52.1

ever had that thought, but with beer.

0:54.8

Thanks to our friends at beer-50, you can create your own cabinet of beers.

0:59.0

You get a free case of 8 crap beers and all you have to do is cover the postage of £5.95.

1:05.2

So go to beer-52.com-slashparty.

1:08.2

That's the word beer, the number 5 and 2.com-slash-party.

1:12.4

And get your free case of 8 beers and you can arrange them however you like.

1:15.8

You can create a cabinet or depending on your political leanings, a shadow cabinet or

1:19.6

just leave them in the cabinet.

1:20.7

And of course, the joy of a beer-52 monthly subscription is that you can have a reshuffle

1:25.4

every month, which would still make it more stable than most of the governments we have

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